Washington, DC Area [Rockville, Maryland] -- First-Degree Murder (2 counts), Child Sexual Molestation (4 incidents), Bank Robbery and Embezzlement
When he was 19, pro-abortionist Garrett Wilson began to sexually molest 12-year-old Debbie Oliver, and emotionally browbeat her into having at least four abortions before she was 15 years old. He finally married her in 1980 when she could not have another abortion because she was too far along. Baby Brandi Jean was born shortly after the marriage. Wilson took out extensive life insurance policies on the baby girl and smothered her to death when she was just two months old. He took the resulting $40,000 settlement and bought a brand-new Pontiac Trans Am.
Wilson married Missy Anastasi in March 1986, and, in March 1987, they had a child, Garrett Michael. Wilson bought $150,000 of life insurance on the five-month-old baby and then smothered him to death. A few months later, he abandoned his wife, moved away, filed for divorce without even telling her, and got married a third time. He was finally arrested in May 1998. On July 29, 1999, a jury took just two hours to find him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Garrett Michael, and he received a sentence of life in prison without parole. As of mid-2000, he is awaiting trial for the murder of his daughter Brandi Jean.
Wilson also served time for bank robbery and was convicted of embezzling funds from his bank.
Harry Jaffe, from The Washingtonian. "He Killed My Baby." Readers Digest, August 2000, pages 86 to 93.
Washington, DC -- Murder, Fatal Botched Abortions (3 incidents), Kidnapping, Medicaid Fraud, Malpractice (30 incidents) and Perjury (26 counts)
Abortionist Robert Sherman was tried for murder after killing 16-year old Carmen Rita McDowell. He intentionally performed an incomplete second-trimester abortion upon her on March 4, 1975. Three days later, Rita's mother called, reporting a fever, but Sherman declined to see her, telling the mother to bring her in on Friday. The girl collapsed and was taken to hospital, where emergency treatment removed a mangled preborn child. She died the next day from a septic abortion. A mistrial was called when Sherman was removed from the courtroom complaining of chest pains. At the hospital it was discovered that he had taken drugs which would produce symptoms of heart disease. This ploy worked to his advantage. He later entered a guilty plea on 26 perjury charges in exchange for dropping the second-degree murder charges.
According to prosecution testimony, Sherman "deliberately performed incomplete abortions, used unclean instruments, and allowed unqualified personnel to perform medical procedures at his clinic." Sherman "deliberately performed partial abortions and then asked patients to return for a second procedure at additional cost." Sherman "reused disposal instruments from patient to patient -- sometimes still covered with the blood of previous patients."
An attorney for the McDowell estate stated that Sherman "wouldn't change the paper on the operating table. He would operate with one hand and eat a tuna fish sandwich with the other, and talk to his stock broker on the phone." A memorandum cited his re-use of disposable medical supplies, failure to purchase needed sterilization equipment, unsanitary upkeep of facility, failure to empty the aspirator jar between abortions, failure to confirm pregnancy, billing Medicaid for pregnancy tests not performed, having an unlicensed aide perform surgical procedures at his facility, patients unwilling or unable to return to facility after incomplete abortion given plastic garbage bags to dispose of fetal remains, refusal to hospitalize injured patients, lack of informed consent, and inadequate anesthesia.
Sherman has been the defendant in at least 30 medical malpractice suits, many of which are still pending. He has been blamed in two other patient deaths, but no criminal charges have been filed against him in those cases. According to a government sentencing memorandum and affidavits from numerous former patients, Sherman forcibly confined another woman for three days in his clinic and at the home of an employee before manually yanking a five-month-old fetus from her womb.
The abortionist was paroled after 22 months in prison. His indictment said that he had a "malicious interest in making more money, cutting his costs and saving his time in disregard for the life and health of his patients." After he was paroled, he set up practices in Massachusetts and Virginia.
New York Times, October 6, 1982; People Magazine, July 21, 1982; The Times Review, July 19, 1979; Chicago Catholic, October 22, 1976; Washington Times-Review, July 19, 1979; Elizabeth Moore. "Trial of D.C. Abortionist For Murder." National Right to Life News, December 1978, page 3. "Abortionist Sentenced." National Right to Life News, October 1979. "Sherman Forced Abortions." National Right to Life News, October 1979; Elizabeth Moore. "Convicted Abortionist Seeks Practice in Massachusetts." National Right to Life News, September 30, 1982, pages 5 and 14.
Washington, DC Area [Fairfax, Virginia] -- Attempted Arson, Assault (4 incidents), Sexual Abuse (18 incidents), Resisting Arrest, Disorderly Conduct, Destruction of Property and Death Threats (3 incidents)
Abortionist Arye N. Snir was jailed and fined for assaulting three female patients during office examinations. He told one patient that she had beautiful breasts, tugged on her navel ring, and described a sexual act he wanted to do involving suspending her from a ceiling fan by the navel ring. He applied a solution to her vagina, causing pain that left her screaming for 15 minutes. Another patient said that he rubbed her genitals, made inappropriate comments, told her to chart her sexual activity, and told her "I speak five different languages, I have practiced in five different countries, I do this for women for their own good." Another patient said that he told her she had beautiful breasts, that if his wife saw them she'd be jealous, told her he liked to perform oral sex on Black women, and "grasped her arms, held them up, and said "I'd like to rent this for the weekend."
A police officer who arrested Snir said Snir told him "I'll have to stop kissing my patients." He was ordered in 1990 to undergo psychiatric evaluation and treatment in that he "may be physically and/or mentally impaired to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to his patients." The medical board investigated other allegations. At least 18 other female patients claimed that he sexually harassed them in various ways, including kissing them, making inappropriate comments about their appearance, proposing to engage in sexual activity with them, falsely informing them they had herpes, applying solutions to their vaginal areas which caused severe burning and pain, dispensing various medicines out of an unlabeled "ziplock" bag and grabbing their arms as they attempted to leave his office.
One of his female employees gave two weeks notice for resignation, and Snir "became enraged and attempted to physically prevent her from leaving by grabbing her arm and shoving a sofa in front of the exit." The abortionist made unwelcome calls to another woman's home making sexual comments, repeatedly appeared at hotel where she worked, causing disturbance requiring intervention by security staff. Snir also defrauded insurance companies by billing them for procedures he did not perform. On April 7, 1994, he assaulted his receptionist, throwing her against a wall and throwing his keys at her.
He was reprimanded by the Virginia Board of Medicine in 1987 after a complaint that he allowed an unlicensed assistant to examine a patient. He received probation on five criminal charges relating to an attempted arson: Attempting to burn a property, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, destroying or injuring the property of another, and open fires generally. He also received probation following charges of assault and battery of a process server on September 3, 1988.
During divorce proceedings, his wife charged him with cruel and abusive treatment. His attorney stated Snir "suffers from a progressive mental disease and emotional condition which has had a deleterious effect on his social relationships and economic productivity," but Snir "retracted that claim after Fairfax Circuit Judge Jack B. Stevens ordered a psychiatric examination to confirm it." He also faced criminal charges for making threatening phone calls to his ex-wife.
He was finally ordered to cease the practice of medicine in Virginia May 13, 1994.
Washington Post, August 5, 1994; Fairfax Journal, August 5, 1994; and Virginia Medical Board Letters dated May 5, 1982, April 14, 1988, May 27, 1988, April 17, 1990, and May 13, 1994.
Washington, DC Area [Pittsfield, Maryland] -- Arson
A pro-abortion arsonist destroyed the Berkshire County (Maryland) Right to Life office in August 1979 and stole records of contributors and supporters.
"Leads Prayer March And Vigil." "Right to Life Office in Blaze; Records Recovered." National Right to Life News, September/October 1979, page 6; ALL About Issues September-October 1992, page 20.
Washington, DC -- Assault
It is not uncommon for attacks on reluctant women to take place even on the doorstep of an abortion clinic. In one incident that led to prosecution for assault and battery, a man began to beat his girlfriend when she balked at a local abortion mill door and refused to enter.
According to the sworn testimony of Richard Seron, a security guard wounded during John Salvi's Brookline rampage in 1994, such conduct is not uncommon. According to Seron, the greatest threat to women near abortion clinics is not from pro-life protestors, but rather from the men who are accompanying their wives or girlfriends to the clinic.
The Washington Times, August 18, 1997; The Boston Globe, April 16, 1999.
Washington, DC Area [Fairfax, Virginia] -- Assault and Malpractice (2 incidents)
Abortionist Joel W. Match grossly botched an abortion on Tina Marie Lake at the Northern Virginia Women's Medical Center abortion mill on April 13, 1991, nearly killing her. He perforated her uterus, and, "despite the need to monitor Ms. Lake's post-operative care in the recovery room, completely ignored Ms. Lake and continued in his assembly-line-like performance of approximately fifteen abortions in quick succession ... he stood drinking coffee and watching Ms. Lake suffering from severe sustained pain ... without even examining or treating her for excessive bleeding, large blood clots and severe pain; abandoned Ms. Lake and discharged her when she was hemorrhaging and visibly suffering from shock; did not return." The hemorrhage nearly caused her death, and necessitated a hysterectomy." Match failed to diagnose or inform Tina that her pregnancy was in the second trimester, did not inform her of risks particular to second-trimester abortion in general or her case in particular, and failed to inform her of the development of her unborn child. Tina stated that she would not have consented to abortion had she been provided with correct information.
Match attended and graduated from the "Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico," an extraordinarily sub-standard "medical school," failed in each of two known attempts to become Board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and previously committed malpractice in the performance of this same abortion procedure, causing, as here, severe hemorrhaging and permanent injuries.
The abortionist "was found by this Court to have deserted/abandoned his wife and subjected her to physical cruelty [choking her, body-slamming her, kicking her, throwing her down the stairs, beating her face, pulling her hair and screaming at her]," (brackets in original), "has undergone psychiatric/psychological treatment and counselling with respect to his violence and cruelty to a woman (his wife)," and "repeatedly referred to women as `c---s.'" Lake's suit also asserted that "A close relative of Dr. Match has suggested that Dr. Match `hates women,'" and that "Dr. Match's personal and occupational attitudes and behavior toward women evidences a psychological need and desire to control and use vulnerable women or women in vulnerable positions for his own purposes, resulting in an indifference to, and reckless disregard of, the welfare of female patients."
Fairfax County Circuit Court #133092; Match's deposition in District of Columbia Superior Court Action #91-CA-13039; testimony in Match v. Match, August 13, 1992; Northern Virginia Daily, November 20, 1992.
Washington, DC Area [Suitland, Maryland] -- Assault with a Deadly Weapon (ADW)
On November 18, 1989, a pro-abortionist pulled a knife and held it to sidewalk counselor Debra Braun's face.
Pro-Life Action Ministries, "Violence and Disruption Log Form," December 10, 1994.
Washington, DC Area [Gaithersburg, Maryland] -- Assault with a Deadly Weapon (ADW), Assault, Battery (3 counts) and Death Threat
Abortionist Alan Ross was convicted on August 19, 1985 in the Sixth District Court of Montgomery County, Maryland, on three counts of battery and was acquitted on one count of assault. Ross kicked and hit Dennis Burdick, and Burdick and pro-lifer Vincent Fitzpatrick fled to a nearby gasoline station, where Ross found them and attacked Dennis again. Later, Ross punched Donna Boccadella in front of his abortion mill.
The abortionist also kicked and punched pro-lifer John DeLozier, then stabbed him with a hypodermic syringe and screamed "Get out of here; don't come back; I'm gonna kill you." He was convicted of assault and assault with a deadly weapon in January 1995.
Mary Meehan. "Abortionist Found Guilty of Assault." National Catholic Register, November 16, 1986; Beth Kaiman. "Judge Orders Bethesda Doctor to Stop Performing Abortions: Neighboring Firms Complained of Protests." The Washington Post, August 1, 1987.
Washington, DC -- Assault and Vandalism
At an April 4, 1992 pro-life vigil at the Hillcrest abortion mill, a gang of twelve pro-abortionists beat up pro-life leader Joe Scheidler. Then Queer Nation members broke down a fence and destroyed many of the 2,200 crosses erected to memorialize the 2,200 baby girls killed daily by abortion in the United States.
"League Counters NOW Rally, Joins Pro-Life Vigil." Pro-Life Action News, June 1992, page 1.
Washington, DC -- Assault (3 incidents)
During an October 27, 2001 picket of the Hillcrest abortion mill, clinic escorts repeatedly assaulted pro-life picketers. One overweight pro-abort named "Andy" slammed sidewalk counselor Dick Retta hard with a body block, and a pro-lifer with a camera wanted to photograph the incident, but half a dozen other escorts with "Keep Abortion Legal" signs swarmed in front of her, blocking her view, so that the violence could not be recorded. A male pro-abortionists repeatedly smashed into her, saying "Oh, I'm sorry, did I bump you? Oh, excuse me!" The week before, when a female pro-lifer tried to videotape similar violence, she was shoved around by several escorts.
"Pro-Aborts Ratchet Up Violence at Hillcrest." Defend Life [newsletter of Defend Life, Maryland], November-December 2001, pages 1 and 8.
Washington, DC -- Assault
In the Spring of 1978, abortionist Michael Anthony Jackson assaulted a female pro-lifer with a club.
Elizabeth Moore. "Abortionist Assaulted Prolifer, His Employees Testify." National Right to Life News, January 1980, page 6; "Neighborhood Businessman." National Right to Life News, September/October 1979, page 5; Parkville Reporter [Baltimore], September 1979.
Washington, DC Area [Arlington, Virginia] -- Assault
On November 11, 1994, a pro-abortionist grabbed Reverend Robert Schenck, slammed him against a car and attempted to punch him.
News Release, Christian Communication Network, November 11, 1994.
Washington, DC -- Death Threats (4 incidents)
In January 1995, pro-abortionists left several death threats on the answering machine of Operation Rescue in Washington, D.C. Under pressure from pro-lifers to investigate violence against them, instead of just against abortionists, the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated that it would investigate these death threats.
"Threats to Abortion Opponents Prompt FBI Probe." Democrat & Chronicle [Rochester, New York], February 19, 1995.
Washington, DC -- Death Threats (4 incidents)
On January 13, 1995, Jack Humphries and about a dozen other pro-lifers were picketing and sidewalk counseling outside the Hillcrest Women's Surgi-Canter abortion mill. Suddenly, a man in a white car cursed at them. leaned out of the window of his car, and pointed a handgun at them.
Pro-lifers were not at all surprised when the United States Justice Department refused to take action on the death threat. Department of Justice spokesman John Russell got the award for the all-time lamest excuse when he said that the DOJ would not investigate since the man did not express any sentiments on abortion.
We can all imagine what would happen if anyone pointed a gun at participants in a pro-abortion rally. Regardless of what sentiments the gunman expressed, the DOJ would have him in jail quicker than you can say "Colt .45."
A week after this incident, Jack Humphries and several other pro-lifers held a news conference on the steps of the Justice Department, playing a tape with several death threats they had received from pro-abortionists and protesting the DOJ's pro-abortion bias.
Greg Seigle. "No U.S. Probe Planned of Pro-Lifer's Complaint." The Washington Times, January 21, 1995; Brian Reilly. "Pro-Lifers Claim Double Standard: Says Reno Turns Back on Assault." The Washington Times, January 20, 1995.
Washington, DC -- Fatal Botched Abortions (2 incidents), Grossly Botched Abortion, Involuntary Abortion, Illegal Abortion, Malpractice (2 incidents) and Negligence
Abortionist Milan Vuitch paid $150,000 to the family of Georgianna English, who died at his hands of anesthetic overdose during her fourth abortion at his clinic. The complaint said that Vuitch's clinic staff improperly monitored the anesthesia process, resulting in English suffering massive brain damage and cardiopulmonary collapse, leading to her death.
Vuitch and the abortion mill's anesthesiologist, Stahil Nacey, did not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement.
Vuitch was also sued by "Amanda," who said that Vuitch aborted her at his Laurel Clinic on January 8, 1981. Vuitch lacerated Amanda's uterus and then kept her overnight, in violation of clinic licensing statutes. He then moved her to his home, designated as the "Clinic Annex," and cared for his injured patient there.
He then returned her to the Laurel Clinic on January 10, and discharged her. On January 11, in severe pain, Amanda was taken to the hospital by relatives and admitted. There, exploratory surgery discovered an unsutured laceration leaving a hole from her vagina into her abdominal cavity, and "significant pelvic and intestinal peritonitis."
Amanda had to have a total hysterectomy. Surgeons "also removed a mass of dead tissue from the abdomen, which laboratory analysis revealed was fetal tissue."
Vuitch used the company car to transport patients from his Laurel Clinic to the "Annex" [his house], "which is not licensed in Maryland to treat patients," and testified to transporting several patients to the "Annex" for overnight stays.
Although Vuitch managed to stay out of trouble when he was doing criminal abortions, his practice deteriorated after Roe v. Wade. In addition to killing Georgianna English, he also killed Wilma Harris.
Vuitch also testified to lacking hospital privileges since 1963.
In June 1982, the abortionist also paid $125,000 to Andrea Furr, who said that he aborted her after she had asked only for an examination. Furr's uterus was lacerated and she had to have a hysterectomy. A Superior Court jury found him guilty of negligence and malpractice in this case.
Vuitch, a native of Yugoslavia, was a leader in the charge to challenge local restrictions on abortion, was a national leader of the pro-abortion movement, and had performed more than 50,000 of the procedures as of August 1983. He had boasted that "I was one of the original fighters for liberalization of abortion laws. I was the guy who told physicians to step forward. Girls were going overseas to get abortions or get them underground in America. America has to give this kind of service I do."
In 1964, he was arrested in his Falls Church office for performing an illegal abortion. In 1969, he was successful in challenging the District of Columbia's abortion law, which was overturned for vagueness. Immediately after this opinion was rendered, Vuitch opened an abortion mill named the Laurel Clinic at 1712 I Street N.W.
"Local Abortion Doctor Faces Malpractice Suit." The Washington Times, August 16, 1983, page 8A; David Sellers. "Abortionist Settles Lawsuit for $150,000." The Washington Times, August 18, 1983, page 8A; Debra Braun. "Abortionist Agrees to Pay in Death of Client." National Right to Life News, September 15, 1983, page 4; District of Columbia Court of Appeals Case #2-1077; District of Columbia Circuit Court Case #75-1156; Christina Dunigan. "Back Alley Butchers vs Main Street Maimers." Pro-Life Views, September 1, 2000.
Washington, DC -- Gross Malpractice
Julie Surland was 18 weeks pregnant when she went to Washington Hospital Center in 1996 to get an abortion. At the time she and her husband had an eight-month-old child and decided they could not afford another baby, but the abortionist botched the procedure so badly she nearly lost her life.
After an eight-day trial, a District of Columbia jury awarded Surland and her husband $4 million after expert witnesses testified that life-threatening mistakes made during her abortion left her sterile. Expert witnesses said the abortionist "accidentally lacerated her cervix and uterus but stitched up only part of the wound" and discharged her after only an hour and a half. Within six hours, she was bleeding profusely and was rushed to Anne Arundel General Hospital, where doctors had to remove her uterus and ovaries in order to save her life.
The abortionist's defense attorney, Arnold Brault, claimed that, if the verdict is upheld, it would "jeopardize the continued operation of hospitals" in the area and raise patient fees."
Jonathon Bor. "$4M Awarded for Botched Abortion." Baltimore Sun, December 12, 2001.
Washington, DC -- Forced Abortion (4 incidents)
Four Washington, DC rookies in the Washington, DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department aborted their children for fear of losing their job after they were threatened with job termination if they became pregnant or took medical leave.
In July, 2001, Samanthia Robinson, interim assistant chief of operations for the Washington, DC fire department's Emergency Medical Service (EMS) told about eight female medical rookies that they could not become pregnant because they were on probation for a year and have no job benefits, according to the Kenneth Lyons, chairman of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3721, five department sources and union attorney Louis Malone.
Lyons said that "The female medics were told if they get pregnant the first year, they will be fired. ... This is disgusting to me ... that this could happen in this day and age, in an agency that vows first and foremost to do no harm. ... This unwritten policy is one that has existed over years. ... female firefighters now are saying they were under the impression, given their orientation, that this was the policy. We even have some females saying they withheld from having children for the first five years of employment because they were told this."
One of the rookies, who was pregnant at the time, expressed concern to Robinson when supervisors were giving out ambulance assignments, the sources said. Robinson then told her she should get an abortion if she wanted to keep her job, Lyons and the sources said. So the pregnant rookie got an abortion.
Just after assignments were made to in-field units, "one of the females approached the interim chief of EMS operations, Samanthia Robinson, and informed her that she was, indeed, pregnant and she wanted to start a family," Lyons said. "According to the young lady, [Robinson told her] that she had a choice to make and that choice will depend on whether or not you maintain your employment with this agency. She then went out and had an abortion," he said.
Robinson "basically strong-armed her into getting an abortion," said a fire department source who has spoken to the rookie about the problem. "Those comments are blatantly illegal," and violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, said Malone, who represents AFGE Local 3721, whose members includes medics and emergency medical technicians in the department.
After having the abortion, the young lady requested time off to recuperate and was denied leave and forced back on duty, said Lyons. "She was forced to return to the street and started to hemorrhage," he said.
The threat of job termination and Robinson's suggestion so frightened the woman that she felt compelled to have an abortion even though she is a Roman Catholic, said sources, including one who has spoken to her about the problem. The woman got the abortion "directly as a result" of Robinson "telling her she couldn't keep her job and be pregnant," said a fire department source who has spoken to the woman about the situation.
The woman, 21, is trying to avoid publicity because she is still distraught, and the abortion has caused a rift with her family, several department sources said. "She is young, religious, scared and ashamed," said one source. "She feels she has morally abused herself."
Other department sources, including a medic who recently worked with her, echoed that characterization. "This poor girl. She's a young girl, naive and would do anything to save her job," said one medic who has worked with the woman. "She was given the impression that that's what she had to do for her job, so she went out and did it."
The woman has suffered medical problems since the abortion, according to Lyons, medics who have worked with the her and other department sources. Several department sources who have worked with the woman have described her as "distraught."
Officials with the medic's union have been collecting statements from the rookies who said they were threatened. Many have been hesitant to provide the written accounts because they fear retaliation, Lyons said. Lyons told The Washington Times that he raised the matter with Chief Few, and the chief later told him that Robinson denied making the statement. Malone confirmed that Lyons had brought the matter to Chief Few in the past several weeks, and that the chief issued a denial.
One source said the woman has been subject to harassment by supervisors as word of the incident has spread within the department.
Malone said at least 10 women in the department have called him in the past few weeks to recount other incidents where officials discriminated against them because of pregnancy. "When they heard about this, it has really triggered their consciousness," he said.
Paul Strauss, shadow senator for the District, is Robinson's lawyer. As always, pro-aborts try to shift blame from themselves. Strauss said Robinson was being "unfairly attacked," and that the accusations against her may have been politically motivated. "What she is accused of doing is counter to everything she believes in professionally and personally," he said, also claiming that Robinson is pro-life!
And if you believe that, we have a lovely little bridge that we would like to sell you -- cheap.
A final report on the incidents by the Office of the District of Columbia Inspector General, substantiated the women's claims and recommended "appropriate disciplinary action" be taken against Robinson. The Inspector General's investigators interviewed the nine members of the class and "based on a preponderance of the evidence" concluded that Robinson "improperly advised EMT trainees that female EMTs could be terminated if they became pregnant during the first year of employment. ... Robinson's statements in this regard violated official District government policy prohibiting the termination of government women based solely on their pregnancy."
Five of the nine members of the class specifically remembered Robinson telling trainees they could lose their jobs if they became pregnant. The other four class members remembered Robinson advising the new hires not to become pregnant during their probationary year because they could be fired for any reason.
Robinson denied advising the trainees they could be terminated for becoming pregnant, but the report says Robinson exhibited a "lack of candor" during her interview with investigators. It said her statements were "not credible in the face of consistent and contrary recollections of so many witnesses. Based on a preponderance of the evidence developed during the investigation, it is reasonable to conclude that Robinson improperly advised EMT trainees that female EMTs could be terminated if they became pregnant during the first year of employment."
Fire department sources say Robinson was offered a choice between retirement and a demotion to a nonsupervisory field-medic position. She chose retirement. But Strauss said Robinson stands by her version of events and that she was not forced into retirement. Strauss did not rule out the possibility of filing a lawsuit on Robinson's behalf, saying he will "advise her of her options."
Some punishment! You can bet the bank that, if Robinson had really been pro-life and tried to prevent an abortion-minded EMT from aborting her baby, she would have been thrown out of her job and probably jailed.
As a predictable aside, not a single pro-abortion organization condemned these forced abortions and attempted forced abortions.
"Official Disciplined for Threatening Job Loss for Pregnancy: Government Employees Had Abortions Fearing They Would Lose Their Jobs." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, August 14, 2002; "EMS Supervisor Disciplined in Coercive Abortion Case." Washington Times, August 14, 2002; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, August 15, 2002; "Fearing Job Discrimination, DC Woman "Forced" to Have Abortion." Washington Times, August 30, 2001; John Drake. "Union Backs 4 Women Who Claim Abortions Out of Fear." The Washington Times, August 31, 2001; "More DC Medics Say They Were Forced to Have Abortions." Washington Times, Cybercast News Service, August 31, 2001; Matthew Cella. "EMS Chief Who Coerced Medics Abortions Retires." Washington Times, September 23, 2002; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet, September 25, 2002; Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet, October 3, 2001; Ted Olsen. "Forcing Abortions: Mandated Abortions Happen in the U.S., Too." Christianity Today Magazine, November 18, 2002 [Volume 46, Number 12], page 21.
Washington, DC -- Vandalism
During the April 5, 1992 "March for Death" in Washington, D.C., pro-abortionists threw trash and other objects onto the White House lawn and vandalized and damaged numerous police cars.
"Vandalism Prevents Police Estimate of Pro-Abortionists." National Right to Life News, April 28, 1992.
Washington, DC -- Fatal Botched Abortion, Malpractice (4 incidents), Impersonating a Doctor, Practicing Medicine Without a License, and Fraud (9 counts)
Barbara Lofton, owner of the Metropolitan Care Center abortion mill, was indicted by a federal grand jury on nine counts of defrauding the District of Columbia Medicaid program of more than $6,000 in claims for laboratory tests that were never performed. Earlier, the clinic closed after it was dropped from the city's Medicaid program because its personnel turned in false bills, allowed medicines to be dispensed by unqualified persons, and misrepresented their professional credentials. Lofton was also investigated for incidents at her Suitland, Maryland abortion mill, where one woman died and another was almost completely paralyzed. These cases were the subject of a CBS News investigation which aired April 21, 1991 on the television program "60 Minutes."
Lofton's Suitland abortuary was named the Hillview Women's Surgical Center.
After a 1989 abortion at Hillview, Susanne Logan went into a coma and was permanently paralyzed. She died in a nursing home in December 1993, one month after being awarded a settlement of $2.6 million and almost $10,000 a month for life.
The abortion mill kept no records of drug dosages or personnel administering intravenous Brevital. ###Gideon Kioko, performing an abortion at 13 weeks gestation, continued with the procedure after an unlicensed nurse attending Logan noted that her lips had turned blue.
Emergency medical personnel called to the scene reported that Hillview employees were "very confused and did not seem to know what they were doing," and "in attempting to put an oxygen mask and bag on the patient ... they were putting the mask on upside down, and the patient was not receiving any external oxygen."
Suzanne was cyanotic with dilated pupils, pulseless, limp, and not breathing. The rescue squad re-established her breathing and blood pressure. Suzanne awakened after a four-month coma as a quadriplegic, unable to speak, and with no memory of the abortion. The State Medical board stated that abortionist Kioko failed to determine if Suzanne was suited for general anesthesia.
Kioko also aborted Debra M. Gray on July 15, 1989 at the Hillview abortion mill. Debra experienced cardiac arrest. Once again, the abortuary kept no record of any drugs administered or their dosages. The State Medical board stated that Kioko failed to establish if she was suited for general anesthesia.
You know an abortion mill is bad if it attracts the attention of the mainstream media.
The April 21, 1991 edition of "60 Minutes" focused on Hillview. It told the story of Herb Fulcher, who went to pick up his girlfriend Linda Brown at Hillview after an abortion. He said "I went back and they had a sheet wrapped around her bottom, like a baby diaper. And she was just blood everywhere covered. She was just laying in her own blood."
Linda nearly bled to death, and required a hysterectomy.
Hillview was found to lack personnel trained in general anesthesia and monitoring equipment, despite offering general anesthesia as an option for $150.
Hillview's owner, Barbara Lofton, performed abortions and wrote prescriptions although she is not a physician. Lofton liked to wear a doctor's gown and a stethoscope. A former Hillview staff member told "60 Minutes" that she introduced herself as "Dr. Lofton" and that she answered the phone as "Dr. Lofton," so he assumed she was a doctor. She claimed doctoral degrees in psychology from two universities, but neither institution had records of her. The "60 Minutes" report on Hillview related the allegations of "Elizabeth Roe," who went to Hillview, and was told that Lofton was doing her abortion. Lofton botched the abortion, and Doe filed suit.
Hillview advertisements in the Yellow Pages offer "Pregnancy Results on the Spot," and feature a coupon for 25% off an initial visit. The ad proclaims "We Care About You!" Hillview advertises abortions to 24 weeks, but performed saline abortions into the 30th week.
Amy Goldstein. "Clinic Owner Indicted in Billing Fraud." The Washington Post, April 23, 1991, page B5; and "P.G. Clinic Operator Faces Fraud Indictment." The Sun, April 23, 1991.
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